Excerpt: The HLPF is the institution tasked with providing political guidance and implementation, follow up and review of the SDGs. Every year the HLPF has a particular theme and conducts reviews of a cluster of goals besides undertaking thematic discussions related to the SDGs. The main outcome from the HLPF is the Ministerial Declaration, which takes note of the progress, identifies challenges and provides guidance to overcome the challenges... Download
Excerpt: Data and statistics are important for measuring progress on the SDGs targets and indicators. United Nations General Assembly adopted an initial set of 244 global indicators for the SDGs and targets of the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development... Download
Excerpt: South Asia houses around quarter of the global population and more than one-third of the world’s poor. The per capita income remains lowest. Except for Maldives, where the major industry is tourism and fishing, South Asian economy remains largely agricultural... Download
Excerpt: 193 countries adopted the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in September 2015. SDGs are a set of 17 goals emerging out of intergovernmental negotiations of over two and half years, to integrate three pillars of development, economic, social and environmental... Download
Excerpt: The current paper looks at SDG 2 and its potential to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in India and globally. The paper argues that the SDG2 and current approaches towards reducing hunger and malnutrition is flawed as it is not based on current realities... Download
Excerpt: Paris Agreement and the SDGs framework are not sufficient in themselves to reach this gigantic task of eliminating poverty, and restoring climate systems and safeguarding ecology for future generations. They will have to be made to work for people and the planet by a resolute will of the countries... Download
Excerpt: UN Conference on sustainable development in June 2013 set afoot a number of processes led by the UN with the primary objective of making the growth sustainable and inclusive, and integrate economic, social and environmental dimension of growth... Download
Excerpt: जून 2013 में रियो में सतत् विकास की अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बैठक के बाद राष्ट्रसंघ के नेतृत्व में कई प्रक्रियाएँ चलाई गईं जिसका मूल उद्देश्य था कि सामाजिक, आर्थिक और पर्यावरणीय विकास में सामंजस्य लाकर दुनिया में विकास को समावेशी, संतुलित और स्थायी बनाया जाए... Download
Excerpt: The outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, inter alia, set out a mandate to establish an open working group to develop a set of sustainable development goals for consideration and appropriate action by the General Assembly... Download
Excerpt: Uttarakhand witnessed an unprecedented tragedy in June 2013. Thousands of human lives were lost along with immense damage to property, livestock and livelihoods. Though people and the state of Uttarakhand received sympathy and support for relief from across the globe... Download
